Self Development Freak

Many people start self development with the hopes of improving their lives and achieving their personal goals whether it be earning more money, having a six pack, more attractive face, getting the notice of the opposite gender and so on.  But the reality is, only a few will be able to continue self improvement because it is so fu%king hard. In order to self improve one needs a lot of discipline and needs to stay away from distractions in order to achieve that goal. Honestly speaking, I also can't keep up with self improvement at times. I too fail to eat clean, I miss some workouts, I forget to do my skin-care routine,I don't even want to write these blogs at times. I just want to waste my time. Some of the excuses that I give  I am no superman and I too give a lot of excuses.  Whenever some of my relatives come to visit, I just suspend all of my tasks and spend time with them. Although it's a good thing to have relations with family members but I a...

Happiness will never come to those who fail to appreciate what they already  have -- Buddha If you are reading this blog then I am certain that you have done meditation or are keen about learning meditation. Although there is a very little chance that you got here randomly. In this blog I am going to tell you about a very common mistake which many people make. Many people start meditation so as to get supernatural powers like telepathy, looking future, astrology etc. but this leads to discouragement because normally meditation does not lead to this. Meditation is just a tool to train our mind to be present at the moment and that is known as mindfulness. Mindfulness itself is a skill which is no less than a superpower. If you are mindful then you don't think about the future or past, you enjoy the preent moment. Many people including me just dwell on past mistakes and tasks to be done in future which leads to stress. But mindfulness cures this problem because...